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Any competent philosopher will define terms, often spending most of their time defining terms! It be be tautological, but a lack of systemic thinking makes a d
by datadrivenangel 3y ago
Any competent philosopher will define terms, often spending most of their time defining terms!
It be be tautological, but a lack of systemic thinking makes a discussion bad philosophy, or epistemic bunk as they say in the trade.
- FrustratedMonky 3y agoI think his point was that, lets say some philosophers or programmers, are having a detailed discussion. But are overheard by lay-people, maybe mid-argument, without the background, having not heard the definitions, would takeaway a lot of misunderstandings. Or maybe his point, in a discussion like this on HN, a lot of people are jumping into the conversation in-the-middle, without catching up on the history.